Tag: backpacking
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Exploring Oregon’s Wine Country
If you think about wine in the US your mind immediately goes to Sonoma, the Russian River…CALIFORNIA. And while some wineries pop up around the country, few have the prestige and influence as those California wines. As an admitted snob, I generally prefer European wines, largely as a reminder of some trip I was on. […]
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Quick Guide to the Redwoods, California
Say the “redwoods” and a lot of people think of it as one zone, in one part of the country, with dense and amazing forests. The reality of the “redwoods” is that they are made up of numerous smaller forest clusters stretching from south of San Francisco to the Oregon border just north and northwest […]
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2010 Journal – Chapter 36
Goodbye to the trip July 8, 2010 at 11:48 AM Thurday, July 08, 2010Florissant, Colorado I suppose this is the final blog, the final thing to send to all of you as a thanks for listening and a reflection on all of my trip. I’ve now been home two and a half weeks, almost three. […]
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2010 Journal – Chapter 24
Cardiff May 22, 2010 at 2:30 PM Saturday May 22, 2010Cardiff, Wales I have been horrible at posting the last few days due to pure exhaustion and limited time, I apologize to my loyal friends and family who have been reading this. Thursday I sadly had to leave Ireland but of course will be returning […]
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Climb Mountains – Even Small Ones
I went hiking yesterday. It did not go well. My water bladder didn’t seal right (my fault) so I lost half my water, which was comfortably all over my backside leaking from my backpack. It was really sunny and hot, even at 8,600 ft. above sea level. I got altitude sickness. I took a wrong […]
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2010 Journal – Chapter 21
Dublin day 1 May 17, 2010 at 2:18 AM Dublin day oneMonday May 17, 2010 Yesterday morning being the stubborn individual I tend to be I awoke at 6am to catch the 8am bus back to Dublin. Which ultimately I sort of regretted. The first thing was getting on the bus in time which was […]
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2010 Journal – Chapter 20
Cork and Blarney May 16, 2010 at 12:30 PM Saturday, May 15th 2010Cork, Ireland Last night at dinner I met up with a very nice German woman by the name of Claudia, we sat together at dinner talking and comparing travel notes on where we had been. She is 29 and has been traveling on […]
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2010 Journal – Chapter 19
Travel days and first thoughts on Ireland May 14, 2010 at 11:25 AM Travel days and first thoughts on IrelandFriday May 14th, 2010Cork, Ireland As you all know Wednesday was a sort of hard day for having to leave Edinburgh and Stuart. I spent all day on the train switching three different times to at […]
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2010 Journal – Chapter 15
May 5th (on May 4th) 2010Stromness, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom Yesterday I awoke to the unpleasant sensation of not being able to swallow without a large amount of pain. Thus I realize I am now getting a cold and knowing how I am it will likely only get worse over the next few days. Thus […]
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2010 Journal – Chapter 14
Loch NessHappened May 3rd 2010, writing on May 5th 2010Inverness, Scotland So on Monday I took the train from Stirling in straight shot to Inverness and arrived about 1:30 for a one night stay. I was damn determined as well to make it out to see Loch Ness a bit before having to go onto […]